From Loner to Sniper: Who Was Thomas Matthew Crooks, Trump's Attacker | Firstpost America
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- From Loner to Sniper: Who Was Thomas Matthew Crooks, Trump's Attacker | Firstpost America
Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old nursing aide, shocked his Pennsylvania community by attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump at a Butler rally. Crooks, armed with a semi-automatic AR-15, killed one person and injured two others before being fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper. Known as a quiet and unassuming individual, Crooks' actions left his neighbours and classmates in disbelief. His motive remains unclear, despite his family's cooperation with investigators. He was also a member of a local shooting club and had no military affiliation. The incident has left Bethel Park grappling with the unsettling reality within their community.
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Ok so even in basic training (army) in order to pass you need to hit targets with a rifle up too 300 meters away. Which isn't even a sniper, that is just to qualify and pass for regular rifle marksman...This guy was using a rifle with the same reach as an m16 shot 8 rounds and missed his target that was not even 150 meters away. So not only was the range short but he had multiple clear shots that he missed.
The real question i have is how the Hell did the police and SS allow him to get up there with a rifle in the first place AND able to fire so many rounds into a crowd before being neutralized? Secret service and police failed...horribly.
Remember LEE HARVEY OSWALD ?
@@MrFannyxx Yes, it was on my brother's birthday and we did not get a cake for my brother that day. Oswald did not do it. I owned one of those rifles. They were terrible and very inaccurate. Italian made junk. Long stroke, bolt action inaccurate rifle with a moving target who had fallen forward and was put back up for another shot... Jackie put him back up for a second and third shot...
we know cia did it but cia documents also reveal people and police/ss ran to a green area after a shooter@@ababbit7461
You know my thoughts are this was an ordered hit. Has morbid as that sounds these are just my thoughts. I mean it was just a few weeks ago that the Obama said that there was going to be a bloodbath if Biden loses but nobody's talking about that kind of strange isn't it
On purpose?
The people who knew him aren’t talking about him. These are people who didn’t know him at all.
Crooks was part of the Antifa
Crooks was part of the Antifa
Crooks was part of the Antifa
Perjury Traitor Greed is really George Santos in drag, too.
That’s your opion
The kids was not a loner. On other social media platforms their are videos of him surrounded by friends. They are being loud and proud. On regulated platforms like this one, the loner narrative is being pushed.
Since 2000 all major media platforms are regulated & from 2000 to present. I personally have observed the buying up for large sums of money Local newspapers & radio stations & true news being replaced by canned news straight outra DC.
I ASK If he hast a Relation to french Secrets Service? His Name is french
Blackrock has a picture of him
@@omarmiftah9002wtf no. Their is nothing French about his name. N.O.T.H.I.N.G yeah the whole thing.....
@@omarmiftah9002 The French Secret Service WHAT?
'...crowds scattered..' uh, that's not what any footage shows.
Right, no flight or fight...totally weird
@@bec2857 freeze response
@@bec2857Normalcy bias.
😊😊😊u@@umchileanywaysso
@@emmagriffin3248 😊
Keep interviewing the same kid who hardly knew him. The entire international media all quoting the same source and using the same video. No corroboration. no independent verification. Lazy Journalism.
Do you mean Collaboration or Correlation??????……Maybe🤷♀️
@@mmr2831 No. I meant corroboration. it's a real word.
@@mmr2831 facepalm
I read that his parents were mental health counselors. Where are they? Why no statement from them? It all seems very fishy to me.
That's my question too! Why has no one interviewed his family?
hes 20. Kids stop listening to parents by 16 if not 13
Why do you want to know where they are
I think Joe Biden has something to do with the hit on president Trump, because he knows that President Trump, is for his American ppl and Joe Biden Is Not and everything President Trump, has been through this last year, I believe that Joe Biden, is capable of anything and will try anything to get President Trump, out of the race. If Congress does NOT get Biden out of the white house, he will have US American ppl in warwar 3 and it will begin here in our own backyards, ... He's for his ppl Ukraine,, ppl think about it "instead of helping American ppl, he helps Ukraine by sending our gas and oil to Ukraine where he is from"...
I thought to be president of the United States, U Have To Be born in America???...
.They had informed the police - they were suspecious their son being up to something.
This young man was bullied at school, he was a. loner. Looks to me he was trying to prove a point to the bullies that he was no walkover, and wanted to go down being remembered forever.
The shooter had ties to blackrock. He starred in a TV advertisement for the company. Again, the shooter had ties to Blackrock. Let that sink in. Manchurian candidate..?
@@nathanking5137 He didn't "star" in the commercial. He was in the background, with some other kids, as a teacher was speaking, and he was only shown briefly. Hardly worthy of Oscar consideration. Doesn't sound like tight ties to Blackrock either.
@@christophertipton2318 split hairs much. He was in the ad. He has ties to Blackrock. Nuff said.
@christophertipton2318 so typical, loner, bullied, parents are both behavioural therapists (according to reports), I'm guessing it will come out he was having therapy, probably hypnosis but I'm speculating there.. definitely had ties with Blackrock, regardless of how small, its a connection. Which to me ticks all the right boxes for a Manchurian candidate.
I don’t think so
1:59 Rather than "mere inches", I would say "less than one inch". He doesn't have bat ears.
lol yeah I don't know why people say inches either.
1 centimeter
He's got fat ears. So, you know... it's kinda, sorta, but not exactly maybe the same thing, in an odd way. 🤕
Bat ears 🤣😂🤣😂
He certainly doesn't have Charlie's ears.
You can always hear someone on a ROOF. WAKE up AMERICA 🇺🇸
From 118 metres, with hundreds of people about...? WTF are you on about, I'm a trump supporter and your comment makes absolutely no sense and is a false statement
@@Bill-vo1wn everyone was outside building was probably empty no doubt
Bill, have you seen the entry and exit wound damage on Trumps ear after seconds being directly close up it doesn't look like a bullet wound, just saying...
@@ricktheredbrick98 Trump got shot and almost died at his own rally because of gun violence in this country. Yet you still support assault weapons. My god…you guys are morons. It’s deafening the comparison.
Why are we not hearing about his parents?
hes 20. Kids stop listening to parents by 16 if not 13.
Youre acting like it was a 12 year old
he is also a loner
@@partygod159 he still lived with his parents and his dad gave him the rifle that day. So it’s pertinent.
😂@@sayareyes3387
Just imagine Thomas was a young Muslim.. we would even know about the pimple on has 3rd cousins nose...
But... If you white.... Jewish...there is a different handbook.. HOW TO MAKE WHITE JEWISH TERRORISTS LOOK LIKE.... Thomas was a LONER, DEPRESSED, DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS.... His parents are innocent...HE STRUGGLED.... SHAME.... SHAME....
How the Secret Service missed this guy's chin is beyond me!!
Grow up! 🙄
😂😂😂
Adolf did not trust the SS😂😂😂
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How come he’s not being called what he is but we are hiding behind the mental health bs?
The same mental health issues that Republicans blame for every mass shooting in America?
Thoughts and prayers, bro
well he came a long way went from no body to famous somebody and it only cost him his life to achieve that most people never achieve such things ever in their lives👍
This kid was by no means a sniper stop labeling him a fukcing sniper
“Seemingly normal”? Did nothing his classmate say mean anything? We just learned he was a loner outcast that wore a mask, dressed in hunting clothes and was made fun of. Seemingly normal? Is that normal today?
You were probably a popular bully in high school
@@andreajelic9407None of that is normal. Mean girls like you would've made fun of him and never give him the time if sayy.
Yep It Sure Is Because You Never Really Can Know Anyone
@@Keirnoth pish posh
If I may, what you and I have been told is what the MSM has put forth.
We have a dead firefighter, 2 wounded and a family lost their son. Tragic
Absolutely horrific
Incompetent Secret Service
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I am Japanese, but I couldn't help but thank God.
for Mr. Trump's good fortune.
I couldn't help but thank God for Trump's good fortune.
because we lost Trump's friend Shinzo Abe
We lost Trump's friend Shinzo Abe two years ago.
If the Japanese police had acted sooner
He would still be alive.
Your country's secret service is wonderful.
It took them only 3 seconds to cover Mr. Trump.
May God bless Mr. Trump more.
Thank you .
Dog's caught , owner escaped
Donald......DUCK
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Why do they keep using this high school photo of the shooter when he was a teenager? He's a 20 year old man. Not a teenager.
Was
Becouse he is white painting pic he is young while demeria hollingworth murder a 12yr old black was sentence to life imprisonment
Sending prayers for those in critical condition and Their Families and Loved Ones my deepest sympathy this shouldn't ever happen just know that people care regardless of knowing you or not
Those graphics are tacky af regardless of subject matter. American media needs to get its shit together.
correction: a gun man who uses a rifle is a rifle man not a sniper !!
good grief..
The words these so called journalist use to "dress up" a story for maximum views is nothing more than surprising each time we get a new journalist with a new line on an old storyline.
Walking around openly carrying a rifle he might have been mistaken for a member of plainclothes security, especially where there are a number of forces involved with no one with full knowledge of the operations of the others.
Security Team failed to do their job.
you call him a sniper was he drunk
He was bullied in school because he had bone spurs.
Same as Trump!!
Why do the media keep saying the kid donated to democrats? It has been noted an older gentleman with the same name was the the donor
noted, but not proven? maybe if thee was more proof, it would be believed. Just cause a rumor is repeated, doesn't make it so.
@@genkiferal7178
Who is thee?
@@estebanvaldez3632 *there. I made a typo. that NEVER happens
How is it that the one venue where the security was completely flawed is the one where the shooter decided to assassinate Trump?
How did he know that the security at that venue was so flawed or did he just luck out?
What are the odds?
There was not enough time for the shooter to understand or learn of all of the mistakes that the USSS had in place.
Are all the venues security that lax and it wouldnt have made a difference as to which he chose? I think not.
I smell scallions.
Why is this question not being asked?
The responsible people for security probably thought that nobody would think it was a conspiracy. We don't even know if there is only one shooter. If we can only the answer.
I think they should do further investigation to find out if he is really an American kid or a Ukrainian.
What's is difference?
omg...conspiracy much
Omg what a nonsense
@@nadyaprovotorova5132 The Difference Is One Shouldn't Even Be In America Right Now That's What Folks This Is Why We Have Immigration Bans On Some Countries
'Bullied a lot' and 'liked by teachers' aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, they tend to go together.
Was Shooter MkUltra?
He has ties to Blackrock and fits the usual "loner with issues". Wouldn't surprise me if he was on medication and having therapy... the usual manchurian candidate stuff. But yeah he starred in a TV advertisement for Blackrock.
MKUltra??? Are you okay....that's decades old and they hit their targets
@@bec2857 No They Didn't Yes This Kid Was Definitely MKUltra That's Why Their Simply Calling Him A Loner After All That's What He Was Before MKUltra And No Sadly None of The MkUltra Snipers Ever Hit Their Targets Because You Can't Just Stick A Gun In A Kid's Hand And Expect The Aim To Measure Up To A Real Marksman It Takes Years of Practice And Experience To Make Those Shots Count Anyone Can Shoot A Gun Like A Stormtrooper From Star Wars But Not Anyone Can Hit Their Target So To Those of You Considering Joining MKUltra Take A Lessen This Is What Happens In Reality When Your Skills Don't Measure Up To Your Opponents
@@bec2857 so, perhaps you are one of those 60,000 data entry golks hired by CIA to cover their crimes. Of course he was MK, but nowadays called Monarch.
@@bec2857 i chuckled
I was bullied too. But not like this kid. No friends. Alone. Please stop calling them classmates. They went out of their way to ignore a person. The core problem is how children are bullied.
I was brutally bullied all through school in every single way and I'm not out shooting at anyone let alone someone who had absolutely nothing to with being bullied. Stop justifying the actions of evil people.
Everything is weird..kind of easy setups.. too close (
The crowd scrambled? No they didnt. Is this AI Indian bot? Crowd was composed and did NOT panic. That helped get the situation under control. Can’t imagine how a woke crowd would have reacted. Probably panic and trampling each other.
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The question is who is financing him to do so??
I wonder if who can answer it. Hope it will come out soon.
Poor security
Very poor security
I love how the reporter has almost the same accent as Deanna Troi in Star Trek TNG.
Best News coverage on this topic
Camera at hardware store where he bought an what was he driving the day of the ladder purchase 😮
this video gave more info than almost any. i would still like to see what his comments and posts on Discord said.
How about his phone reports?
I'm Sure They Deleted Those Too MKUltra Is Still Technically Classified So You Won't See Too Much Being Exposed From That Angle The Media's Got A Narrative And Their Sticking To It Problem Is Nobody Believes The Narrative Anymore And Everything Else Is Classified So Believe Me Just Another Unsolved Mystery
The picture at 6:46 shows Crooks with long hair. None of the full face pictures of him show him with long hair. Was he "transitioning"? We know that police took his picture THAT DAY. we know that the stores he visited would have had video of him. but they all keeo using that mindlessly stupid picture of him when he was a teenager.
Conspiracy much? My conservative heterosexual dad of 3 brother has long hair. Plenty of regular men have long hair. The stores he went to gave their video to the police, not the media. The media got their hands on some yearbooks and a graduation video and that's all they have. None of these things are suspicious.
Yeah I thought about that. It grew a lot in 2 years since he graduated, some people 's hair grows faster than others
@@marysilvergirl6025 Not about the hair growth rate. It's about the deliberate choice to change his appearance.
That post lmao. See trans everywhere. Woke movements run free in yo head? 😂
@@user-ov3vw8cf3o One of the zoomed stills from a video of him on a roof shows a fuzzy little mustache and goatee. He's not trans, he just has long hair like millions of other heterosexual men. But even if he was, who the frick cares?
Why is the kid giving the interview smirking when he says “ sad really” ?????????
TH-camrs state that this kid interviewed is also in the black rock commercial….. paid actors
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Setahun kebelakangan ini Trump selalu menyebut JESUS dalam setiap ceramah dia.. mungkin ini petanda Trump menyerahkan hidup Kepada keselamatan dalam' nama Tuhan Jesus.. Amerika juga harus menyerah Kepada JESUS Christ....
Crooks identity was NOT confirmed through DNA. His Identity was confirmed through the rifle registration as that rifle he used was registered to his Father. Additionally his Father had made an emergency call to the authorities saying one of his rifles was missing and he wasn't able to get in touch with his son.
No they said they did DNA tests
Law enforcement with the security team may something to do with it.
It's obvious somebody is cooking.
A common media myth on gunman : a loner, suffer depression, shy with girl, a bit off, victim of bully, nerdy , Sigh!
It's Net Zero carbon, global warning. That was not a typo... Bread and circus..
FBI WORKS FOR BRIBEN CLEANUP TEAM
The HEADLINES first word described THOMAS MATTHEW as LONER sniper, In the whole video did not say who he really was exept he kept for himself and vent to a school. REALLY ? Non of you want to say that he served for IDF visited Israel more than seven times had close ties to Kahana kai.
Stop spreading your dirty propaganda here. Leave the jews alone for God's sake. How much hatred is your community taught???
What is your source?
@@toughcookie596I tried commenting three sources but TH-cam do not let me 🥺😳
@@abaabdAllahPut periods between the letters and do one in a comment
@@455buick6 thanks I tried. But it is not going through. But instead starting the video clip again and again. people also posted those clips on instagram and ticktok. I also could get it from google search. THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS parents are scottish zionists the family liniage is very involved with the zionist movement. my apologies I wish i could clarify more.
So really Thomas was bulled and was getting called a loner so he chose to do something stupid and got himself written down in the history books.
Stop showing him as a kid he was 20 years old……. That’s a man and they keep talking about bullying. I want to see the people who know him now say something.
YHWY was looking after Trump
@@user-hj8yh2kh5s Yes He certainly was. God help us..Please Lord.
Why is it that there is no flying drone on the part of the secret service. This may have avoided the incident.
So it could have bee a conspiracy. Somebody thought of placing a decoy to hide to the real shooter?
@@jaimebaguyoshaircutsandvlo8838 that idea amazes me, you said it well bro.
Have they interrogated the parents on his political beliefs?
The parents are Democrats. He probably registered Republican to vote against Trump in the primary, not for Trump.
I don't think parents should be blamed for their adult kids actions
@@wadafik That depends on their actions.
@@wadafik unless they were the cause of their adult child. He was an adult. Why was the father needed for the rifle?
@@wadafik The apple don't fall far from the tree; the uncle said they were all withdrawn kind of people; he hadn't spoken to in years!!
Where is his social media posts????
Are you suggesting the 'loner' was 'lone Wolf'? Why are you forwarding this narrative? Do you know something we don't? Shame on you.
They know EVERYTHING from the get go, and Joe has covid.. where's the story?
I see trump survived that Simpson episode
This is good reporting, unbiased. I subscribe. ❤
When did he become a registered Republican?
He just did it to vote against a popular candidate in a primary, I'm sure.
He was not a sniper,a sniper doesn't miss, he was just a confused dummy.
He was just a kid!
very sad .
Fake news
The CIA?
AND NOW PARENTS R BEING INVESTIGATED
How can the crowd remain seated? Is this real?
Noob sniper 😂😂😂i think he never play pubg 😂😂😂
The head of the first person that they interviewed reminds me of McDonald’s french fries.
The student giving a fair description of the shooter whilst the blonde curly hair big fellow next to him is (as usual) checking his iPhone and typing in it. Why is he in the view - it is a disrespect to what hapened.
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smirking all the time he was the bully. he went to the reporter another indication
Seems the interviewee was just excited about being on TV. He isn't convincing at all.
good point
they interviewed mr mcdouche
@@seagypsy2591 🤭🤣
Why is he in a blackrock commercial ? 🤔
i just saw that commerical and he isn't just in the background. i'd call him almost a feature of the commercial - upfront and shown several times.
@@genkiferal7178Where did you see it
@@455buick6 youtube removes the name if i write it in full, but it is a video platform that begins with O and ends with two Es
DNA and facial recognition, no fingerprints? Didn’t he have a driver’s license?
A young white republican male
This bitter voice is annoying and irritating
ASK blackrock
Dude actually served in the IDF. How is it the mainstream media have gone ever so silent all of a sudden ?
IDF? You mean our Zahar brothers? Or Indian defense force? Where is your source?
Hmmm. Maybe the same reason WH and SS and FBI have so little to say.
Graduated in 2022 Died in 2024, You realize how fast ur theory falls off?
Why was there no counter sniper team up on the town water supply tank! the high point overlooking every roof top!
i think the right to left wind saved his life .....check out the big flag, i think the shooter had his elevation dialled in but in the heat of the moment forgot to allow for windage pushing the bullet left off target. very lucky, god blessed Trump 100%
Parents, teachers hatered.
Probably picked on about his name, doubting Thomas Crooks. So many get use to being picked on and go to this distance to pay back and attention is found. His parents both psychologists, well there you go
Crooks looks like Jason Bourne!!!😮😮😮
Trump & Vance - The Lend Me Your Ear Tour 👂
"He wore a covid mask long after covid" this speaks volumes to his belief system
How can anyone believe anything the FBI or the secret service have to say about this.
There is something fishy going on
How did they know SO QUICKLY whom he donated to?
Google
it turns out that the person who donated $15 to the Democratic group was an elderly man with the same name
@@tobin8354 Thanks. I have already seen the other 50 comments that said the same thing. I also saw the 50 other comments that said he registered republican to vote against Trump in the primary. Obviously, this is an unknowable. It is pretty well confirmed though that he hated Trump enough to try to kill him.
HE WANTED TO JUST BE POPULAR BEFORE HIS DEATH
The pic of the supposed Ar 15 as shown in the video was another type of rifle,the rifle shown was a real sniper rifle ,for a long range shooting.Sorry ,but research before showing something.
why couldn't we *hear* it? Did it have a silencer of some type on it?
@@genkiferal7178It was 150 yards away as well as microphones don't pick loud noises up well
Real weird
Pretty sure most divided the country’s ever been was during the Civil War.
Thomas Matthew "Patsy" Crooks.
What a narration with a thick accent
The secret service was either complicent or grossly incompetent. There is no in between.
..."sniper"???... this had to be the worst "sniper" in the world...
Why do you have to paint loners as a bad people
Looks like Baron Trumps homeboy from da hood😂
They ran a train on Melania while Don Jr watched 😂😂
America left with Reagan...
take a look what happen, shit happen.
So jeans are now considered hunting gear? 😅
This guy was a pawn, McVey was a pawn, Oswald AND Ruby were pawns.
Crook, is a crook hired by crooks...
That kiddo! He tired support trump again n again.